Space Camera 4 – TEDx

On November 7th 2011, i held a TEDx Talk at TEDx Delft, one hour after launching a near space high altitude balloon. Everything i have about that is written below.
We launched the balloon, we had a connection up to 15km for 45minutes, received 32 images before the processor blew. We found it back a few hours later in Rotterdam.

Raw video from a cheap $5 Keychain Camera

Image Gallery

Adventure of the payload

me with the Flight computer

Twittermessages during the presentation

Trajectory

Adventure of the payload

How we got it back

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Immediatelly when it landed, a woman got it. It landed 20 meters from the river Maas in Rotterdam. She tried to call us (i didnt pick up, i was attending a TEDx Delft talk, she thought it was a bomb, so “She opened it ” (=ripped the whole front off). Then she called the police, which said “Oh yeah we know about that, it’s not a bomb”, then i called her, picked it up after a 15minute drive!

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Twittermessages during the presentation

Special Thanks

Daniela; Mathijs, the universalis; Onno and Toine for the talk support; Jacco Hoekstra and Simone for the opportunity; the whole TEDxDelft crew; UKHAS members, specifically Philip (yet again), James and ‘Darkside’ for some last minute tips; Wouter, Wouter and Costyn for the help; All the operators who tuned in to help with the transmission; The videoguys at the auditorium. And everyone else for the appreciation!